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October 23, 2011

I thought you'd all like this. It's all words, but patterned in a beautiful and useful way. It shows what foods go well with what other foods, organizing them in large categories (e.g., root vegetables) and raying out from specific examples (e.g. beets) to show what flavors go well with them. Very cute! Someone could have fun doing a version with images.

It's the work of David McCandless, who has done a wonderful book visualizing all kinds of data - and creating understandability. THe link lets you look at many of his data visualizations if you check them out.

May 02, 2011

Geek Interpreter Guy comes to the rescue and saves Mr. Projecto's change initiative from the brink of disaster. This comic introduces ChangeViz, a group facilitation approach that uses Visual Thinking and Gamestorming processes to support Change Management.

March 14, 2011

To interpret/appreciate the magnitude of the earthquake in Japan better, the Hive Group posted an interactive visualization of the most powerful and deadliest earthquakes in recent history to provide a context:

When, at first, we went to print the comic book, a security officer blocked publication. So we called him and demanded a meeting. He agreed, and we read through the comic book over coffee to address his concerns.

At the end, he granted permission to print and then asked: "Could I have a few extra copies for my kids?" The comic book has been credited with inspiring young activists in Egypt and the larger region (we have a Farsi version as well). Last week I distributed copies in Tahrir Square. Seeing the scene in the square firsthand is amazing.

Despite violent attacks and tanks in the street, young people from all walks of life are coming together, organizing food and medical care, and offering a living model of free civil society in action.

July 28, 2009

House Minority Leader John Boehner, borrowing a tactic from the health care wars of 15 years ago, has put together an arresting graphic "to expose the truth about the Democrats' health care plan to the American people." Over at TNR, Jon Cohn has responded with onethat looks at how things work now. I'm posting both of them below. Which is scarier?

April 17, 2009

It's good to see PBS is teaching strong values to grow up with with Sid the Science Kid and this lovely chart song (below). A
chart is a handy dandy scientific tool...it gives you information that
you can see with your eyes...a chart that you visualize...you get the
picture... so do I... Best kid song ever.

April 03, 2009

GOOD is a great source of ideas for change and global improvement. Their series of animated information graphics make complex data sets humane and understandable, showing the human impact behind the global statistics. See more>>

It's the source of life but it's also the cause of a lot of unnecessary death. In places where clean water isn't available, water-related diseases like cholera cause massive diarrhea, dehydration, and thousands of deaths each day. Affordable water-treatment solutions exist. We'd like to see them flourish.

ManyEyesis the “shared visualization” site run by the Visual Communications Lab at IBM Research. This utility allows for more data formats, including bubble charts, scatter plots, networks, word trees, and block charts. See more versions of President Obama's speech here.